Future Broomfield law regarding the use of e-vehicles could focus on careless behavior, according to a City Council meeting.
In a Tuesday night meeting, council members gave direction to city staff to begin creating a law that would target reckless and careless riders of small electric vehicles. Once an ordinance is drafted, it would come to City Council for a vote.
A presentation from the Broomfield Police Department in the meeting pointed to a dozen crashes involving off-highway vehicles or e-motorcycles since January 2025 and about 70 complaints involving such vehicles. There are rules about what types of vehicles are allowed to be ridden in different locations, and the City Council had planned to discuss additional restrictions before, but a challenge around existing rules and enforcement — and wanting to carefully craft new regulation — warranted the city gathering more information before an ordinance is discussed, according to the meeting discussion…